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US Biathlon officials ignored sexual harassment and abuse of female racers for decades, athletes say
Sexual abuse and harassment by coaches and others in positions of power over women on the U.S. Biathlon team have been dismissed, ignored or excused over decades by officials more concerned with winning medals than holding offenders accountable, according to a half-dozen former Olympians and other biathletes.
While the men invol ... (full story)
Balancing on one leg says a lot
Through my long involvement in the health and fitness arena I’ve become familiar with a slew of different tests that exercise physiologists have developed to determine an individual’s state of physical fitness/well-being.
For example there are umpteen different tests out there to assess cardiorespiratory fitness, mu ... (full story)
These three new sports dramas punch above their weight
NEW YORK (AP) — The sports movie, like any genre, can easily fall victim to overly familiar story beats. An underdog challenger. A big match. You know how the rest goes.
But a trio of new movies brings some original moves, and a few curveballs, to a genre where tried-and-true formula often reigns supreme. In a movie year t ... (full story)
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Statements to police by victim in ambulance were not part of ongoing emergency
The statements of a domestic violence victim to a police officer were testimonial because they were not given to assist the officer in responding to an ongoing emergency, but rather were given to further the officer’s investigation of a crime that had already occurred, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
The Supreme ... (full story)
Appellate panel says state court lacked jurisdiction in prison case
A Tenth District Court of Appeals panel upheld a ruling by the Ohio Court of Claims that the state court lacked jurisdiction to hear the claim brought by a Grafton Correctional Institution inmate.
The 3-0 Franklin County appellate panel affirmed the trial court’s determination that Lonnie Prather’s negligence complai ... (full story)
Bill authorizes sheriffs to enforce community-control sanctions on offenders
A Portage County lawmaker has proposed a bill that would authorize county sheriffs to enforce community-control sanctions imposed on criminal offenders–– an authority currently reserved for probation officers.
Rep. Gail Pavliga of Randolph Township said the idea for House Bill 603 sprang from discussions she had with ... (full story)
‘Stand your ground’ law doe not apply for crimes committed before law took effect
The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently that the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law for claiming self-defense only applies to alleged crimes that happened after the law took effect in April 2021.
In a 5-2 decision, the Supreme Court affirmed an Eighth District Court of Appeals decision, which found Jaidee Miree a ... (full story)
Court can reject mental health facility transfer of man committed for 1980 murders
When a defendant who is found to have caused the death of another but is determined not guilty by reason of insanity seeks to move from a secured mental health facility to a nonsecured facility, a trial judge has the discretion to approve, reject, or modify the recommendation, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
In a 4-3 d ... (full story)
Texas' abortion pill lawsuit against New York doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine
Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit recently in Collin County.
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